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I'm something of a keyboard collector.. I have the OG model M from 1993 or so, the Unicomp Model M, and a Model F keyboard from modelfkeyboards.com. Of the 3
by cevn 3y ago
I'm something of a keyboard collector..
I have the OG model M from 1993 or so, the Unicomp Model M, and a Model F keyboard from modelfkeyboards.com.
Of the 3 my favorite is the New Model F. It has a satisfying ping-y The Model M is good too, but the cable is fraying and I'm afraid to use it and accelerate its demise. Probably I can send it to someone for fixing or fix it myself somehow but haven't gotten around to it.
Nothing is wrong with the Unicomp technically but it is my least used... not sure why.
If your complaint about mechanical keyboards is that they are loud, be prepared that the buckling spring keyboards are several times louder than anything Cherry-like.
On the other end of the spectrum I have a Realforce R2 PFU edition. It has silenced topre switches which are sort of a fancy rubber dome. This is the keyboard I use 90% of the time and for this comment.
- spudlyo 3y agoI have an original IBM AT Model F which I used on a Mac with a AT->PS/2->USB pigtail in the mid aughts. I sometimes think back to what an insufferable ass I must have been to have exposed my co-workers to that interminable cacophony of self-important keyboard clacking.
- cevn 3y agoHa.. never even seen that AT connector! I can't believe you would type on that around another human being, it's like explosions going off!
- myth_drannon 3y agoModel F is $400, that's basically a collectors edition you put for display and never use.
- cevn 3y agoIt was expensive, but it's supremely satisfying to type on such that.. I want more! But I think my days of buying expensive keebs are behind me...
- AlgorithmicTime 3y ago[dead]
- saulpw 3y ago> but the cable is fraying Unicomp has a repair service to fix old Model M keyboards. They will even clean them and upgrade to USB! I just sent in my two Model Ms from the 90s yesterday. It's a bit expensive but if what you want is a classic Model M, there's not much of an alternative.